On a through-life basis, the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) project, currently under development in the US and involving nine countries has been assessed as having the best potential to meet the user requirement. The UK is the only Level 1 partner with the USA. The role of the JCA team is to deliver an affordable, sustainable, expeditionary airpower capability to UK service.
JCA Strategic Objectives:
- Requirements
To deliver the customer’s initial and full operational capability requirements primarily through the output of the JSF system development and demonstration and follow-on development phases.
- Acceptance
To deliver a functionally compliant and affordable JCA solution with an acceptable release to service to the customer, minimising UK specific testing outside of the JSF core programme.
- Infrastructure
To prepare the UK infrastructure to receive, operate and support JCA through life, minimising cost of ownership and maximising operational capability.
- Corporate Reporting Requirements
To identify the mandates and maintain the records to deliver the information and reporting required by DE&S, MOD and Parliamentary processes.
- Industrial Partnership
To deliver a UK industrial solution to production and sustainment of JSF as part of the JSF Global Sustainment Solution which advances the UK’s Industrial Strategy.